The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-10
MRS. THOMPSON IS ALIVE
THE IDENTITY OF THE MURDERED
WOMAN AGAIN A MYSTERY.

But it Is Learned at Last that she Il
Alive in Doboy.
Those who are working to solve the mys
terry of Beaulieu were confident YESTERDAY
that the body had been positively Identifies
as that of Mrs. Agnes Thompson, the wifi,
of Capt. Harry Thompson, for the state
ments that were made formed such {
connected story that there wa
no room for further doubt. The
family and friends of Mrs. Thompson
were looked up and all the facts connected
with her life were obtained, and many
statements concerning her unhappy life
with her husband came to light. Her &C
quaintances could trace her to five weeks
'ago, but since then nothing had been heard
of her, and the only conclusion to be
reached was that she was the woman SC
cruelty murdered.
MR.. ROBIDERE'S CLEw.
Early yesterday morning Mr. Alfred
Robidere called at the MORNING NEWS office
and said that while a number of negroes
were at dinner the other day at Beaulieu he
heard them speak of the threats made by
Capt. Thompson against his wife. He at
one time, they said, threatened to kill her
and at other times abused her.
Mr. Love, the railroad agent at Mont
gomery, was in the city yesterday, and to a
MORNING NEWS representative he made the
following statement: About Aug the oys-
ter boat Ida &. came in and anchored off
the wharf at Montgomery Capt. Thomp-
son and his wife came ashore, and as the
Captain was gong up to the city Mrs
Thompson remained with Mrs. Love
Thompson is Norwegian, and was well
known to Mr., Love
ACCUSED OF BIGAMY.
While the captain was absent in the city,
Mr.. Seoth, as Mr.. Love states, told Mrs.
Thompson that the captain had another
wife over the ocean. This, of course
shocked Mrs Thompson, and when the cap
tain returned she absolutely refused to go
with him into the vessel again. Thompson
coaxed and plead for a long while, but in
vain, and finally went TO MIR. Love and
asked him to order her out of the house.
This Mr.. Love refused to do. He then saw
Mrs, Thompson and asked her what was the
trouble. She said she was afraid TO
go with Thompson, and repeatedly
said he had threatened to kill her.
After deal Of talk she consented to go, as
she said, to Mrs. Love, to get her things at
their home ON Harris Neck, and then she in
tended TO leave him. She said she was tax
ing her life in her hands when she left Mr..
Loves, and seemed very respondent. She
promised to write to Mrs. Love at an early
day, so as to inform her that she arrived
safely at her home.
THE LAST TINE SHE WAS SEEN
That night as soon as the Captain and
Mrs Thompson went on board the anchor
was weighed and the boat. was moved up
opposite Beaulieu and anchored. Mr.. Love
said that a man named Gleason, who was
employed on the boat, said afterward, that
the two quarreled all night The Captain
hid her shoes and cut up her slippers so she
could not leave the boat. She attempted
to leave in the bateau, so Gleason is re-
ported to have said, but her husband stopped
her. About 10 o'clock the next day the
boat was moved further up, about
a mile, and was again anchored
On the o'clock afternoon train
a sea captain came out and was taken
on board, and then they sailed away Since
then the Captain has not been in that sec
ton, nor has Mrs. Love ever received a
word from Mrs Thompson. When. the
body was found the description Tailed so
well with Mrs. ThompSon's appear
ance that both Mr.. and Mrs Love
thought she was the victim.
AT WORK AS A SERVANT.
1t was learned that during the early part
of the year, Mrs. Thompson had worked as
a house servant for Mrs Webb, the wife of
Rev. R. Webb, on South Broad street near
Whitaker Mrs. Webb was seen and
she stated that about the middle
of February Mrs. Thompson came
to her and asked for work She said that
she had left her husband because he had
treated her cruelty. The last quarrel had
been caused by his becoming jealous be-
cause she had given her picture to
young man. Mrs Webb en-
ployed her and found her a model
servant and an exceedingly good woman.
About week after she went TO work, how
ever, she was taken sick with chills and
fever and had to go to the hospital where
she remained for a month, but when she
came out she returned to Mrs. Webb and
stayed with her until the last of April
Thompson had called TO see her on the day
she went to the hospital, but she had gone
and he could not find her.
SHE is CONVERTED.
A short while before she left she began
attending the meetings of the Salvation
Army, and became one of the converts.
She went up on the mourners bench one
night, and when questioned she told the ex-
horter that she had left her husband be-
cause he treated her cruelty. The exhorter
asked her if she would do whatever Jesus
wanted her to do, and she replied that she
would
The exhorter then said that Jesus wanted
her to go back and live with her husband,
and she said she would do so. Just as she
reached the foot of the stairs that look down
from the hall, where she left it, she met her
husband and went to him She told him
that she had became Christian, and that
she would go back and live with him. On
returning home Mrs Thompson told Mrs.
Webb of the circumstance.
WARNED AGAINST HIM.
Soon after that Mrs Webb saw her talk
ing to Thompson on the sidewalk, and as
Thompson seemed to be speaking rather
earnestly, Mrs Webb called her in and told
her she had better not talk to Thompson
If he was angry, for he might hurt
her. She replied that he was
not angry; that he wanted her to go TO
MIR. Blatz's to spend the evening, as he was
going to sea early next morning, and he
wanted to talk to her before he went. Mrs
Webb advised her not to go, but said if
she wanted to she could do So
The evening was spent at Blatz's, but be-
fore it was over Thompson got angry and
began to beat his wife, and she defended
herself with chair. The husband and wife
became reconciled after that, however, and
at last Mrs. Thompson notified Mrs Webb
that she was going back home to live. She
did SO, and it was month before she was
heard from again.
OLD TROUBLES RENEWED.
When she did return to the city she called
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